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Black "piece of scum" who kidnaped, raped and murdered a White woman is given life
  COLUMBIA, SC - A man who admitted to raping, then killing a Kershaw County woman in 2011 has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Nickolas Miller, 26, pleaded guilty to murder, two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of solicitation to commit a felony and kidnapping. While in court, Miller admitted to abducting 30-year-old Hope Melton, raping her, then beating her to death with a baseball bat. He had nothing to say when given a chance to do so by the judge. Some of Melton's family were outraged and angry at a sheriff who was recently convicted of corruption and severely jeopardized the case. In court, Chanda Roscoe held back tears as she addressed the judge and her sister's killer. Chanda told Miller that he's afraid to die and told the 26-year-old he's a "piece of scum." "I hope that God shows him and gives him the same mercy that he showed my sister, and I hope he gets beat, and I hope he is tormented, and I hope he is mutilated just like he did my sister, because that's what he deserves," Roscoe said. Miller may be behind bars for the rest of his life, but for Melton's family, that's not enough. "I, myself, and my family wanted the death penalty,” Roscoe said. “He deserves to die, and he should die." Hope's mother, Elizabeth, said they were let down to some extent. - (Black-on-white) |
A heated argument outside of a Davenport nightclub nearly a year ago between Tremaine J. Gabriel and Christian Wood was over "totally stupid stuff,” a Scott County judge said Friday. Judge John Telleen said Gabriel, 28, had the opportunity to walk away from the fight that occurred in the early morning hours of March 22. “For whatever reason, you got into this altercation,” Telleen said. “What you did was just totally inexcusable.” Telleen on Friday sentenced Gabriel to up to seven years in prison for fatally stabbing the 22-year-old Davenport man outside of The Chorus Line, 4128 Brady St., Davenport. Gabriel was armed with a knife and stabbed Wood in the chest, above each one of his eyes and once in the back during the fight. When Gabriel stabbed Wood in the back, he twisted the knife causing a larger and deeper wound. - (Black-on-white)
With a single, vicious and unprovoked punch, a life is tragically ended. 
HOUSTON -- A man who is accused of stealing and crashing an ambulance in Midtown says he had a good reason. The Houston Fire Department said the ambulance was stolen from 2121 Main Street near West Gray Street around 10 a.m. The ambulance was recovered about 30 minutes later at Waugh and Gray Street, where it crashed into a 3 Men Movers truck. Police said the suspect was taken into custody at Dallas and Waugh. "Lord Jesus Christ told me to steal the ambulance," he told a photographer. 
Kallay Randal Batchelor was arraigned Thursday morning for the murder of his wife, 
SAN JOSE — A county jail inmate who escaped from Valley Medical Center Friday afternoon after he allegedly fought with and
SPOKANE, Wash. - Demetrius Glenn, the second suspect in the beating death of WWII veteran 
One of the three people accused of killing an 86-year-old Chickasaw man, stealing his wedding ring, and selling it for drugs and pizza money, was found guilty on Thursday in Mobile County Circuit Court. DeAngelo Terrell Smith, 20, Carlos Nottingham, 21, and Yasmin Munnerlyn, 20, were charged with burglary and attempted murder charges in connection with the death of 
The investigation into a 2007 Rockledge homicide ended Monday with charges for a man already in prison after detectives found a witness willing to testify. Elated family members of 
ASHEVILLE – A second man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a death more than two years ago. In addition to the murder charge, Victor Alexander Fraley, 31, of Polkton in Anson County, was charged Thursday with robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate's office. Fraley is accused of robbing and killing 
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The man who shot and killed Cleveland Heights restaurant owner 
INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed a request this week for a life sentence without parole against an Indianapolis man charged in a 3-year-old child’s death last year. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry filed the request against Freddie Bailey. Bailey is charged with murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death in connection with the death of 
KANSAS CITY, KS - Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman filed charges on Friday night against three men in connection with an armed robbery at the Family Dollar store. The men have not been charged in connection with the robbery and shooting of an off-duty Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office deputy. 
Protests erupted in Wisconsin's capital overnight after a police officer fatally shot an African-American teenager who authorities said attacked him. The 19-year-old was shot after allegedly assaulting police who were responding to a scene at a Madison apartment Friday evening, said Mike Koval, the city's police chief. While the chief indicated the officer acted in self-defense, that didn't stop protesters from hitting the streets. Chief: Suspect 'assaulted my officer' The incident started when authorities got a call that a man suspected in a recent battery had gone to an apartment, Koval said. Shortly before that call, another one had come in, saying the same suspect was "jumping in and out of traffic, dodging cars," according to the police chief. When a responding officer went to the apartment, he heard some commotion and forced his way in, he said. "Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer," Koval said. After that, according to the chief, "The officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject."
PALMER PARK, Md. - A Bladensburg man has been arrested and charged with first-degree rape for an attack on a woman in Cottage City on Wednesday. Prince George’s County Police say James William Diggs, 48, is also a suspect in a rape on Feb. 25 in the 4100 block of 54th Street, Bladensburg. He is also considered a person of interest in two other rape cases within a 2-mile radius since September 2014. Police say a a man grabbed a woman from behind in the 3800 block of 38th Avenue in Cottage City at about 8:15 p.m.on Wednesday, held a knife to her throat, and took her to an area off the street and sexually assaulted her. The man is considered a person of interest in two additional rapes, police say, which occurred on Sept. 8, 2014 at 6:45 pm in the 5100 block of Quincy Street, Bladensburg and Oct. 20, 2014 at 8:45 pm in the 5800 block of Annapolis Road, Cheverly. 
SANTA CLARA — A 36-year-old man faces a life sentence following his conviction for sexually abusing four children while serving as a counselor for troubled and disabled youths in Los Gatos and San Jose from 2007 to 2011, a prosecutor said Friday. Waking Adrian Bailey, of San Jose, was found guilty by a jury in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose of 11 counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a juvenile and other sex crimes, Deputy District Attorney Murat Ozgur said. 
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - An HIV-positive Oakland Park man is facing multiple charges after forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him, police said. And now, a woman who Burke was convicted of attacking in the 1980s has come forward to share her story and say she hopes he remains behind bars this time. According to the arrest report, Gary Burke, 52, approached the victim and her boyfriend on Wednesday and handed them a drug called "Flokka." The victim told Burke that they were not interested, but Burke grabbed her, took her to the back of an apartment building and forced her to perform oral sex on him, police said. 
A Davenport man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a mentally disabled person at a Davenport residential care facility in August. Tyshon M. VanBlue, 24, pleaded guilty to a single count of third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors from Story County will drop five counts of third-degree sex abuse stemming from an unrelated case involving two Special Olympics participants. VanBlue was out on bond when he was arrested a few days later by Story County authorities. In that case, police say VanBlue 
BOSTON – Transit police arrested a man after he allegedly evaded fare at an MBTA station and was determined to be in violation of sex offender laws. Police said Danny Davis, 27, of Boston, was “piggybacking” at Central Square when he entered behind a paying customer earlier this week. Officers approached Davis to give him a citation, but instead discovered that he was a Level 2 sex offender. Transit police said Davis was in violation of Sex Offender Registry laws, and he was taken into custody. 
Police now acknowledge that the suspect never pulled the trigger, but contend he pointed a loaded gun at officers. Wilmington police will not explain how officers could erroneously believe Marvin T. Jones fired at least two shots at them from close range. Marvin T. Jones and another man in the vehicle are African Americans and convicted felons. Both were charged with weapons offenses from the Jan. 15 altercation. Robert Carlisle also was charged with weapons and other offenses. Police found a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun under the front passenger's seat
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police arrested two Texas men Thursday evening after a traffic stop on a Dodge pickup truck reported stolen out of Texarkana. Officers said inside was the driver, Brandon Brown, 22, of Dallas and passengers, Marquell Smith, 20, of Texarkana and 
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A suspect in a Gainesville murder and arson case will face a judge Friday afternoon after he was caught in Jacksonville. Police said Stephen Underwood fled to Jacksonville after an elderly man was found dead inside a burned Gainesville home. The victim, identified as 
NORTH LAS VEGAS -- Police in North Las Vegas have arrested two men in the attack on a cab driver last month. Jarvis Williams, 18 and Quincy Lovette, 19, face robbery and attempted murder charges in two robbery incidents. One of the robbery incidents was captured on video by security cameras inside the taxi. Cab Driver
NORTH PHILADELPHIA --Two suspects have been charged in the death of 
BOSTON — Until his arrest on Wednesday, the Rev. Shaun O. Harrison, a Boston educator who attended Springfield College, was better known for anti-violence efforts on behalf of Boston youth and trying to keep kids on the straight and narrow. Now, though, the disgraced former dean of students at Boston's English High School will likely be remembered as the 55-year-old man accused of the "execution-style" shooting of a 17-year-old boy on a dark street corner in Roxbury. 
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Charleston police have arrested a man they say sexually assaulted a boy. According to a police report, the incident happened in February on North Romney Street home. Police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Charles Derrick Smalls. Smalls also lives on North Romney Street, the report shows. Anyone with information is asked to call Charleston County Dispatch at 743-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.
Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office detectives have charged two men with multiple counts of sexual offenses with a minor, according to Emily Flax, county spokeswoman. Shimon Curtis Hales, 19, of Supply, N.C. was arrested Thursday in connection with offenses against 
A video of last week's arrest of then-Miami Gardens Police Chief Stephen Edward Johnson shows him telling two undercover detectives posing as prostitutes that he'd just gotten off work. Johnson, who is married and has a child, had arranged to pay $100 for a "two-girl special" at a Dania Beach hotel Feb. 27. One of the women calls Johnson "Boo" while he reclines on a bed. Within minutes, three Broward Sheriff's Office detectives burst into the room and arrest him. Miami Gardens City Manager Cameron Benson fired Johnson within hours of the arrest. Johnson, who earned $165,000 a year as chief, was hired last spring to bring peace to
SOUTH PASADENA — Police Friday were looking for a man accused of using a phony $100 bill to buy Girl Scout cookies. The suspect initially tried to buy detergent with the funny money at a Vons, located in the 1100 block of Fair Oaks Avenue in South Pasadena, on Feb. 27, police said. An employee recognized the bill as counterfeit and the man left. On his way out of the store, the suspect bought three boxes of cookies from Girl Scouts outside the market with the same bill and received more than $80 in change.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Officials in Montgomery County are searching for a man wanted for a murder that happened on Thursday. Police are searching for 52-year-old Stanley W. Laing (aka “Peter Laing”), who is charged with the domestic-related homicide of 
A heavyset black driver tried to fool cops at JFK by flashing a fake ID when he got pulled over — but the joke was on him when they ran the name and it came back as 
A mother has been indicted in the attempted murder of her infant daughter after jumping into ocean from a jetty with the young girl, prosecutors in Atlantic County, New Jersey said. Patricia Shurig, 24, was indicted in the incident that happened in Atlantic City on the evening of Oct. 26, 2014. Authorities said she leapt off a rock jetty on the Atlantic City Inlet holding her 
A former star NFL running back won’t pick up his 19-month-old daughter on time, says his ex. The bitter custody fight between retired Philadelphia Eagles star Brian Westbrook, 35, and Loy Edwards, the mother of his child, will go to trial after they failed to reach a deal Thursday.
An 18-year-old who crashed a stolen Lexus into a fence, impaling his passenger, did not steal the car himself, but knew it had been stolen, Mikhail Cannon, was charged with third-degree grand theft of a motor vehicle. Cannon told police he knew the car was one of two black Lexuses stolen off a lot a few days earlier, but said he was not one of the people who stole them. Cannon and 
The New York Post reported that Sheldon Silver’s replacement, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has had dealings with known criminals. Records show that he has directed thousands of dollars to a man who served time for manslaughter, as well as accepted cash from a mobster with a racketeering conviction.
LENEXA, KS - A squeeze of the fingers was everything to the family of Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office 
GREENFIELD — A fight over a handicapped parking spot sent an elderly woman to the hospital! It happened at the Walmart store on W. Layton Avenue in Greenfield. The suspect is accused of using her chest to knock 
There is no place in the world for abusers. Whether you’re a man or a woman who physically or psychologically abuses people, society doesn’t accept you and, quite frankly, doesn’t want you at all. So one can imagine the disgust that we here at TFN felt when we heard of a story that was close to home, home being our Asian martial arts community. Earlier today, the story of 
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- A woman and her boyfriend were sentenced to prison after they pleaded guilty to 
BENSALEM, Pa. — A once promising horse-racing jockey who was shot during a bizarre crime spree in Bensalem (Bucks County), Pa. in late December is expected to plead guilty to his crimes after he was ordered held for trial. 
The unlicensed teen driver who fatally struck a little girl on the Upper West Side, then got arrested three more times in separate incidents, may have blown a sweetheart plea deal Thursday because he refused to admit to one of the lesser raps against him. 
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge today denied bail for a Chester County priest charged with internet sex crimes. Meanwhile, the defense, which argued for bail, says it is eager to confront the charges against Father Mark Haynes, 55, who will plead not guilty to charges that include enticing a child to engage in sexual conduct and possession of child pornography.
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Major developments. A serial shooter is now in police custody. His alleged targets were believed to be chosen at random. The man accused of terrorizing local highways, 
ELKTON — Investigators captured the fourth — and possibly last — murder suspect Monday morning in connection with robbery-related slayings of a man and woman found dead inside their home in an Elkton-area neighborhood last week, according to police. Detectives took Kevin Eric Cooper, 24, into custody about 9:30 a.m. on Monday, confirmed Lt. Michael Holmes, a Cecil County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Holmes said Cooper is facing two counts of first-degree murder and numerous other felonies, as are his three co-defendants — Derrick Lamonte Carroll, 25, of the 200 block of Mike Court in Elkton; Ellen R. Lough, 27, of the unit block of Brenda Court in Port Deposit; and Lough’s live-in boyfriend, Azu Nnachi, 25. 
EUREKA — A Bloomington woman who pleaded guilty in January to concealing a homicide and mutilating a human body was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison. Vishawn Mills, 25, was accused of covering up the August 2013 death of 
CLEARFIELD, Pa. — A prosecutor says an inmate killed his cellmate at a Pennsylvania prison because he wanted his own private cell. Forty-five-year-old Lawrence Peterson Jr., formerly of Easton, will now serve a life sentence on top of the 40- to 80-year term he had been serving for a violent robbery. Clearfield County District Attorney Bill Shaw planned to pursue the death penalty but decided to skip the trial after Peterson said Friday he was willing to plead guilty to first-degree murder and take a life sentence for the Aug. 2, 2013, beating of 59-year-old 
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Fulton County police officer died Wednesday after being shot in the head by a suspect. Police identified the fallen officer as 
HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — Two people were arrested for the murder of a Hopewell taxi cab driver. The Hanover Sheriff’s Office confirmed Alisa N. Dejesus, 19, and Dyshawn D. Simpson, 20, of Richmond, were charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 
DES MOINES, Iowa —The attorney for a 19-year-old accused of fatally beating a 97-year-old Des Moines man says his client will use an insanity defense. Trial is scheduled to begin April 13 for 
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the Nov. 24 murder of 37-year-old 
DENVER - Twenty-one years after a group of masked people claiming to be drug agents kicked down the door of a home in Denver in the middle of the night, attacked the residents inside and tortured them, a second person has been sentenced for the crime. The lone survivor of the attack told police that the invaders demanded money and drugs at 3 a.m. before attacking the residents. Two people died -- 
LOS ANGELES -- A Metrolink engineer has died from injuries suffered in a train crash in Oxnard a week ago. 
